Man is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run through.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHe who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe